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• Published on October 7, 2016 - 20:55 GMT

  

  Climate, Environment, and Conservation: Special Representative for Environment and Water Resources Travels to Rwanda

  U.S. Special Representative for Environment and Water Resources Ambassador Jennifer Haverkamp will travel to Kigali, Rwanda, October 8-15. In Kigali, Ambassador Haverkamp will participate in the final round of negotiations this year for the Montreal …

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• Published on October 6, 2016 - 18:22 GMT

  

  Climate, Environment, and Conservation: Achieving Carbon Neutral Growth in the Airline Industry

  Today the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) adopted an unprecedented global market-based measure (MBM) that puts the international aviation industry on a path toward sustainable, carbon-neutral growth. It builds on over a decade of work by …

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• Published on October 6, 2016 - 15:48 GMT

  

  Climate, Environment, and Conservation: Acting Assistant Secretary Judith Garber Travels to San Diego, California

  Acting Assistant Secretary of State for the Bureau of Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs Judith Garber will travel to San Diego, California October 6-7. On October 7, Acting Assistant Secretary Garber will meet with scientists …

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• Published on October 5, 2016 - 22:38 GMT

  

  Climate, Environment, and Conservation: U.S. Department of State and Bloomberg Philanthropies Launch Second Our Cities, Our ...

  From October 5-15, Our Cities, Our Climate: A U.S. Department of State and Bloomberg Philanthropies Partnership, will bring together 17 urban sustainability directors from around the world for an international exchange to highlight and advance city climate …

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• Published on October 5, 2016 - 20:29 GMT

  

  Climate, Environment, and Conservation: The Paris Agreement to Enter Into Force

  Nearly 200 nations made history in Paris last December, when they came together around the most ambitious, inclusive climate agreement ever negotiated. I was honored to represent the United States in those negotiations and to be in the conference hall as …

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• Published on October 3, 2016 - 23:29 GMT

  

  Climate, Environment, and Conservation: Zoohackathon 2016

  The U.S. Department of State’s first Zoohackathon will occur on October 7-9 at zoos and conservation centers in San Diego, Seattle, Sydney, London, and Washington, D.C. The once-occasional link between wildlife trafficking and other transnational criminal …

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• Published on September 22, 2016 - 18:05 GMT

  

  Climate, Environment, and Conservation: Remarks at the Montreal Protocol Donor Declaration Event

  SECRETARY KERRY: Well, good morning, folks. I’m sorry we’re running just a moment late, and I apologize to everybody for that. I want to thank everyone for coming, distinguished ministers, my colleagues, my cabinet colleague Secretary of Energy Ernie Moniz …

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• Published on September 21, 2016 - 20:16 GMT

  

  Climate, Environment, and Conservation: President Obama's Memorandum on Climate Change and National Security

  I have been focused on climate change for decades – not just because I’m a proud environmentalist, but because scientists have been crystal clear that climate change is likely to have significant security implications over the world, including in the …

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• Published on September 21, 2016 - 17:37 GMT

  

  Climate, Environment, and Conservation: Remarks at the UN Paris Agreement Entry into Force Event

  SECRETARY KERRY: A special thank you to Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon. He has, I think everybody will agree, done what a secretary-general needs to do. He has defined the job, and none of those videos appeared here accidentally. That is the work of the …

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• Published on September 17, 2016 - 01:39 GMT

  

  Climate, Environment, and Conservation: Remarks at the Closing Session of Our Ocean Conference

  SECRETARY KERRY: Thank you. Sheldon, thanks so much. Thank you for taking time on a Friday. I know you guys are extraordinarily busy, and I am very appreciative that you came down here to chair this particular panel, and I’m even more appreciative of our …

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• Published on September 17, 2016 - 00:31 GMT

  

  Climate, Environment, and Conservation: Announcements by the United States at Our Ocean 2016

  At the third annual Our Ocean conference, the United States committed to a series of concrete actions to protect precious ocean areas and marine resources, continuing the momentum of the two previous years. We look forward to building on these and previous …

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• Published on September 16, 2016 - 23:56 GMT

  

  Climate, Environment, and Conservation: Our Ocean, One Future

  Our future is inextricably linked to the future of our ocean. It provides food and income for billions of people, regulates our climate and weather, and generates half the oxygen we breathe. The health and prosperity of our children and their children …

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• Published on September 16, 2016 - 20:01 GMT

  

  Climate, Environment, and Conservation: Remarks at Georgetown University

  MR HELLMAN: Hello. Thanks very much. Welcome, everyone. It’s wonderful to see such an enthusiastic crowd. Let me welcome Secretary Kerry, Adrian Grenier. Thank you for joining us today as part of the first ever Our Ocean, One Future Leadership Summit. We’ …

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• Published on September 16, 2016 - 11:12 GMT

  

  Climate, Environment, and Conservation: Remarks at the Kennedy Center

  SECRETARY KERRY: David, thank you very, very much. No speech tonight. I did that earlier. And everybody has had a very, very long day, but it’s my great pleasure to welcome all of you here to the Kennedy Center. And I’m deeply appreciative to David …

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• Published on September 15, 2016 - 21:56 GMT

  

  Climate, Environment, and Conservation: Safe Ocean Network

  The Safe Ocean Network, an initiative U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry first announced at the second Our Ocean Conference in 2015, seeks to build a global community to strengthen all aspects of the fight against illegal fishing including detection, …

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• Published on September 15, 2016 - 21:24 GMT

  

  Climate, Environment, and Conservation: Remarks With Leonardo DiCaprio

  SECRETARY KERRY: Well, good afternoon, everybody. I hope you had a great lunch. And thank you for helping to make the morning as stimulating and informative as it was. How come all the cameras are out now? You didn’t do this when I was here earlier. ( …

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• Published on September 15, 2016 - 16:23 GMT

  

  Climate, Environment, and Conservation: Welcome Remarks at the Our Ocean Conference

  SECRETARY KERRY: Well, good morning everybody. And Cathy, thank you very, very much. I hope everybody here will join me in expressing our gratitude to Cathy and her team who have done an absolutely superb job of preparing this, putting this together. Cathy …

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• Published on September 15, 2016 - 12:44 GMT

  

  Climate, Environment, and Conservation: Remarks at Oceana Global Fishing Watch Reception

  SECRETARY KERRY: Hello, everybody. AUDIENCE: Hello. SECRETARY KERRY: Ted, thank you very, very much. It is true, I met Ted when he was doing a little something at a place called Cheers up in Boston – (laughter) – and I actually got to be in a Cheers …

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• Published on September 15, 2016 - 11:49 GMT

  

  Climate, Environment, and Conservation: Protecting Our Ocean through Marine Protected Areas

  As a committed advocate for the preservation of our marine environment, I applaud President Obama’s decision to designate the first marine national monument in the Atlantic Ocean. And having represented Massachusetts in the U.S. Senate for almost 30 years …

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• Published on September 14, 2016 - 20:13 GMT

  

  Climate, Environment, and Conservation: Under Secretary of State for Economic Growth, Energy, and the Environment Catherine ...

  MS THOMPSON: Good afternoon. I just want to thank everyone for joining us for today’s conference call. Today we’re going to preview the 2016 Our Ocean conference, excuse me, which is going to begin tomorrow on September 15th and run through the 16th here …

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